Hammer



F. Bsnourms.

HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED PAM/22,1920

1,415,956. Patented May 16, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrics.

1 FRIED SHOURIJS. OF .JIIETLAND, iiiETUllI-il DAKOIKQ...

HAMMER.

Application filed May To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Fuel) E. finonnns, citizen of the United States,residing at liletland, in the county of Kingsbury and State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llamn'iers,of which the following is a specification, refer ence being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in hammers, and has for itsobject the construc 'on of a hammer which not only embodies the elementsof an ordinary hammer, but also novel features, whereby a leverage orfulcrum can be secured, in addition to other features, making the hammeradmirably suited for wrecking or tearing down of building purposes.

With this and other objects in view, my invention comprises certainnovel combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter described, illustrated. in the accompanying drawings, andmore particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hammer constructed in accordancewith the present invention, while Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Figure 15 is a longitudinal sectional. view of the hzunmer.

Figure l is a sectional view taken on line 47 d, F ig. 3, and looking inthe direction of the arrows,

Referring to the drawings by numerals l. designates the body of thehammer, into which extends the handle 2.

The body I is provided, at 'its rear or outer end, with a head 3. Thebody has extending from its front or forward end, an elongatedchisel-forming portion 4., and on this (jlliSQl-TfOl'IIllllg portion. 4and extending parallel therewith a reinforcing rib 5. The chisel-formingportion 4 and rib 5 merge at their outer ends into a comparatively broadportion 6, which portion 6 and rib 5 has a smooth fiat face 7, formed inthe arc of a circle, the rib 5 being outwardly protruding so that therib 5 and body 1 forms an admirable fulcrum for facilitating the removalof nails from aboard, or the removal of a board from a support to whichit is tacked, or secured, without undue strain being placed upon thehandle 2.

The comparatively broad portion 6 ter- Specification o1 Letters ratent.P d u tml Illay 1G, 19

1920. Serial No. 383,428.

minutes in claws 8, that have comparatively blunt ends 9 (Fig. 3) so asto strengthen these claw ends 8 or not weaken. the chisel structure ofthe hummer. The claws 8 are sepa rated. by a V-idnrperl notch l(), whichV-sluiped notch is contiguous to a concave socket 11. This notch 10receives the shanl: of a nail or ta it, while the socket 11 receives thehead.

13y reason of the con'iparatively long struc 'ture of the chisel andclaw ends of the hammer, the same can be pushed. or forced under aboard, and then the board raised or rcmovedfrom its sup mrt, through theaction of the rounded or o1itwardly-extending rib structure 5, which ribmerges, at its inner or rear portion, into the body 1 of the hammer.

By referring to Figures 1, 2, and. 4, it will be seen that thereinforcing rib is comparatively narrow in cross-section. Therefore,when the hammer is in use and is being rocked upon the rib 5, thepressure brought to bear upon the narrow contact surface of the rib willcause the rib to have an. increased binding action upon the support uponwhich the hammer is resting, or if the support should happen to berather soft, as when the hammer is resting upon wood, the rib willslightly dig into the support. This binding or dig 'ng action willpositively hold the head against side slipping or displacement, that thehammer is held in position for proper and positive action at all timeswhen the same is in use. Thus it will. be seen that the rib not onlyreinforces the chisel--'lorming portion and also provides a surface uponwhich the hammer rocks, but also acts as a retainer for holding thehammer properly when in operation.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, andhave illustrated the some in the accompanying drawings, certain minorchanges or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to whichthis invention relates, during the extensive manufacture of the same andI, therefore, reserve the right to make such alterations or changes asshall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

hat I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a ham mer consisting of a body. havinga forward end an d a head. an elongated chisel-forming portion extendingfrom said body, of a.

raised longitudinally extending reinforcing rib formed. centrally uponsaid ch1sel-forn1 row in cross section, whereby the rib will hold thehammer against de slipping when the device is in use and the hammer isbeing 10 rocked upon said rib.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

FRED E. SHOURDS.

